15-letter words containing p, e, t, n, i
- post-millennial — of or relating to the period following the millennium.
- post-parturient — bearing or about to bear young; travailing.
- post-retirement — the act of retiring, withdrawing, or leaving; the state of being retired.
- post-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- post-tridentine — of or relating to the city of Trent.
- postdevaluation — the period following the devaluation of a currency
- postsynchronize — to add sound, such as dubbing, to a film or video after shooting is completed
- power macintosh — Power Mac
- practical nurse — a person who has not graduated from an accredited school of nursing but whose vocation is caring for the sick.
- pragmaticalness — the quality of being pragmatical or meddlesome
- prairie pointer — shooting star (def 2).
- pre-acquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- pre-advertising — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
- pre-celebration — an act of celebrating.
- pre-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- pre-deprivation — the act of depriving.
- pre-elizabethan — (of English culture, history, traditions, etc.) before the reign of Queen Elizabeth I; before the second half of the 16th century.
- pre-negotiation — mutual discussion and arrangement of the terms of a transaction or agreement: the negotiation of a treaty.
- pre-preparation — a proceeding, measure, or provision by which one prepares for something: preparations for a journey.
- pre-reformation — the act of reforming; state of being reformed.
- pre-romanticism — romantic spirit or tendency.
- preacquaintance — prior acquaintance with a person or with information, the state of having been preacquainted
- precinct police — the police responsible for a district of a city
- precinct worker — a worker in a polling or electoral district (such as someone who mans voting, etc)
- precipitantness — the condition or quality of being precipitant, hastiness
- preconceptional — a conception or opinion formed beforehand.
- preconstruction — the act or art of constructing.
- predeterminable — able to be predetermined; able to be determined in advance
- preequalization — preemphasis.
- preferentialism — the economic system of preference, esp amongst British commonwealth countries
- preferentialist — someone who believes in preferentialism
- prefix notation — (language) (Or "prefix syntax") One of the possible orderings of functions and operands: in prefix notation the function precedes all its operands. For example, what may normally be written as "1+2" becomes "(+ 1 2)". A few languages (e.g., lisp) have strictly prefix syntax, many more employ prefix notation in combination with infix notation. The opposite, postfix notation, is somewhat rarer.
- preformationism — the belief in the theory of preformation
- preformationist — someone who advocates the theory of preformation
- preimplantation — relating to the period before implantation in the uterus
- prekindergarten — a school or class for young children between the ages of four and six years.
- prelate nullius — a prelate having independent jurisdiction over a district not under a diocesan bishop.
- premodification — an act or instance of modifying.
- prenotification — notice that is given or served prior to a specific date; advance notice.
- prepresidential — describing the period before a person's rise to presidency
- preregistration — early registration, in advance of event or general registration
- prerequirements — that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
- presbyterianism — church government by presbyters or elders, equal in rank and organized into graded administrative courts.
- presbyterianize — to convert or be converted into Presbyterianism
- presentationism — the doctrine that in perception, or in all forms of knowledge, there is an immediate awareness of the things perceived.
- preservationism — a person who advocates or promotes preservation, especially of wildlife, natural areas, or historical places.
- preservationist — a person who advocates or promotes preservation, especially of wildlife, natural areas, or historical places.
- president-elect — a president after election but before induction into office.
- presidents' day — the third Monday in February, a legal holiday in the U.S., commemorating the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
- presynaptically — in a presynaptic manner